M4D4 Societal Violence

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Societal Violence

Instructions:

  1. Respond to one (1) of the following discussion prompts:
    1. Research
      or locate information or data on local, regional, and state violence
      statistics. Provide suggestions for data sources, such as Internet,
      health department publications, local law enforcement data, and web
      sites that document a specified population or community’s features.
    2. Collect
      newspaper reports of societal violence and determine the extent of the
      focus on different types of violence in the news media. Summarize your
      findings.
    3. Interview
      various health professionals who may come into contact with victims
      either of domestic violence, child abuse, and/or elder abuse and inquire
      about screening protocols, referral processes, and availability of safe
      environment for victims and treatment facilities for violent persons.
      Report the results of the interview.
  2. Your response should be 50 – 100 words.
  3. Please respond to at least one (1) of your classmates.
  4. To begin the discussion, click on the “Click to Launch” link above, and then click “Create Thread“.

You will be graded as follows:

Complete
answer(s) to prompt(s) using standard English grammar and spelling;
length of post complies with directions; and references are cited as per
directions		 80%
Response
to one classmate using standard English grammar and spelling;
references are cited per directions. Your comment(s) must be
substantial. Do not just stay “I agree” or “Good point”.		 10%
Response
to one more classmate using standard English grammar and spelling;
references are cited per directions. Your comment(s) must be
substantial. Do not just stay “I agree” or “Good point”.		 10%
Total 100%